Hoop-driving machine



(No Model.) v

G. W. PACKBR. HOOP DRIVING MACHINE.

No. 409,297. Patented Aug. 20, 1889.

NiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE XV. PAOKER, OF

RO OK FALLS, ILLINOIS.

HOOP-DRIVING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,297, dated August20, 1889.

Application inem-agua ze, 1888.

To LZZ wiz/0711, z5 may concern/.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. PACKER, a citizen of the Unit-ed States,residing at Rock Falls, in the county of "Whiteside and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHoop-Driving Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor gures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention has reference to a hoop-driving machine, and has for itsobjective point the rapid and convenient driving or forcing of the hoopsupon the barrel or cask.

The essential elements of my invention are mechanism for rapidlyrotating the cask in the process of finally driving the hoops thereon,and a lever suitably fulcrumed at one end, and provided intermediatelywith a wheel adapted to have its tread temporarily placed and held uponthe upper edge of the hoops to be driven, said lever being provided atits free end with a handle, bythe means of which the operator. readilyplaces and holds the forcing-Wheel in position upon said hoops. As thecask revolves rapidly, the forcingwheel exerts its downward pressuresuccessively upon every part of the upper edge of the hoop, tending toforce the latter uniformly upon the cask Without the usual concussionresulting from driving the saine with a hammer or inaul. Again, muchdifficulty is experienced in placing the last hoop at the end or bottomof the eask, inasmuch as the opening of said hoop is designed to besubstantially that of the size of the bottom of the cask when the latteris drawn down to its proper shape. To obviate'thc difficulty of seatingthis end hoop, 1 provide a head, the periphery of which has the sameexterior taper as the eask, and whose greatest cross-diameter equals oris slightly less than that of the cask, and the end hoop is thereforeforced over said head to its position on the end of the cask with thesame facility that the other and larger hoops are forced to theirplaces, respectively.

Serial Nc. 283,597. (No model.)

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a machine embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a plan of the revolving table which carries thecask. Fig. is a cross-section in the line :r .fr of Fig. 2.

A is a hollow standard sustaining the several parts involved in myinvention, and which is adapted to be fastened in any suitable Way tothe floor of the factory. To the upper end of the standard A is suitablyattached bracket B, which projects slightly above said standard A atopposite sides thereof, and is provided at an altitude slightly abovethe upper end of said standard with horizontal boxes B', within which issuitably journaled the driving-shaft C. As the boxes B are located oneach side of the standard A and with their surfaces perpendicularthereto, the shaft C extends across the line of the standard A a shortdistance above the upper end of the latter. On the shaft C is looselyseated the driving-pulley O, and on the shaft O, also, directly over thestandard A, is feathered the sliding clutch D. On the side of the clutchD adjacent to the driving-pulley C is formed the recess l, adapted toreceive and be engaged by a lug 2, formed on the adjacent face of thehub of' said driving-pulley O. The clutch D has formed on its peripherythe usual annular recess 3, into which is projected the upper end of thevertical lever 4, the lower end of which is pivoted within the standardA, and the upper end of which is bifurcatefl, so as to bestride theclutch D within the recess 23. The horizontal rod E has its innerendbent laterally and projected through the slot 5 in the standard A, andsuitably attached to the arm 4 above the pivoted end of the latter. Therod E is carried near its opposite end in a sleeve 6, formed on `thebracket B, and is provided at its outer or free end with a handle 7, andby means of the rod E t-he clutch D is optionally thrown into and out ofengagement with the pulley O', and thereby rotation imparted as desiredto the shaft O.

On the end of the shaft C, opposite to the driving-pulley C', andoutside of the boxes B', is rigidly seated the belt-pulley F, from whicha belt 8 descends and is passed under an idler-pulley F suitably seatedon the IOC stem 9, formed externally on the standard A, and from thissaid belt S is passed horizontally around the belt-pulley 10, rigidlyseated horizontally upon the vert-ical shaft G. From thence said belt 8is passed under another idle pulley (not shown) identical with F', andseated loosely on the other or opposite end of the horizontal pin oraxle 19, upon which pulley F revolves, and from thence returned topulley F.

The vertical shaft G is loosely seated inV boxes 12 12, formed in thebracket I-I, which latter is attached to the standard A,near the bottomthereof, in any suitable manner. Rotation is imparted to the shaft G,through the medium of the belt 8 and pulley 10, whenever the clutch D isthrown into engagement with the driving-pulley C.

On the shaft G, directly above the upper box 12, is rigidly seated acircular table adapted to carry the cask K. In the table J are formedradial slots 13, Fig. 2, in which are suitably seated adj ustably thesegmental clamps 14, by means of vertical screw-bolts 15, which passthrough said clamps and the slots 13. The clamps 14 are adapted in theaggregate to substantially encircle the lower end of the cask K and holdthe same in position vto be rotated with table J. The radial slots 13are designed to render the clamps 14 adjustable to casks of differentdiameters. The substantially horizontal lever L is pivoted at one end toa knuckle 17, the latter being pivoted in a vertical plane to the brace16, attached to the adjacent side of the standard A, and the lever Lbeing pivoted to said knuckle in a horizontal plane. The lever L extendsfrom its pivotal or fulcrumed end past the standard A and the cask K andis provided at its free end with the handle L.

Intermediate on the lever L, at a location opposite the shaft G, thereis pivotally seated on said lever L, at the side thereof next the caskK, the hoop-driving wheel M.

The fulcrumed or pivoted end of the lever L, by reason of the doublejoint aforesaid, permits the necessary lateral and vertical movements ofthe wheel M by the operator, so that the latter can at his discretionplace the wheel M on or remove it from any of the hoops upon the eask K.

The driving of the hoops is effected as follows: The cask K beingcarried in rapid rotation by the table J, the hoops 1S are successivelydropped loosely on the cask K. Be-

ginning with the largest hoop, the operator places the tread of thewheel M upon the upper edge of each hoop as the latter is placed on thecask, and by bearing downward on the lever L exerts a downward force,and by the rotation of the cask K the pressure of the wheel M is rapidlycommunicated to the entire upper edge of each hoop, driving the lat` terdownward into position. On the lower end of the vertical shaft P, inposition to be loosely dropped upon the cask K, is centrally rigidlyseated the circular head N, being in diameter and peripheral taper asubstantial prolongation of the cask K. The shaft P is journaledverticallyover the center of table J in boxes 11 11, formed on bracketB, and is adapted to be raised vertically to permit the insertion andremoval of the cask K, and the hoops slipping for that purpose in theboxes 11. The weight of the shaft P and head N, resting on the upper endof cask K, causes the rotations of the latter to be com municated tosaid shaft P and head N. The head N affords a seat from which thesmaller hoops, and particularly the end hoop 18, can be readily shiftedover upon the cask K. Differently-sized heads N will be used with casksof variant end diameters, and said head N may rotate loosely on shaft P,if desired, and may be used as a temporary hoop-seat separately from theresidue of the machine.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States,

1.l The combination of the standard A, provided with brackets II and B,vertical shaft G, suitably journaled to said standard, driving-shaft C,driving-pulley C', belt S, table J, lever L, and wheel M, substantiallyas shown, and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of the circular head N, provided with an upward andinward sloping periphery in substantial prolongation of the cask K, thestandard A, vertical shaft G, journaled to said standard,driving-shaft-C, driving-pulley C', belt 8, table J ,lever L, and wheelM, substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. PACKER. Witnesses:

JOHN G. MANAHAN, J oHN F. BARRETT.

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